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Securities regulators will often settle for the proverbial low-hanging fruit — prosecuting easy cases that don’t make a big difference in the way Wall Street operates. But it does give the appearance they’re doing something.

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The owners of Getco, the Chicago-based high-frequency trading firm, long have been tight lipped–preferring to say little despite the firm’s outsized role in computer-driven, lightening fast trading. So I was looking forward to reading today’s Getco profile in The Wall Street Journal. But after reading the story, I came away disappointed.

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It’s often said on Wall Street that the more liquidity there is in a given market, the better things are for investors trading stocks, bonds or commodities. And while there’s a lot of truth to that, there are times when too much liquidity can be just the wrong tonic.

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Citadel Investment Group’s move to aggressively sell off its substantial stake in E*Trade Financial looks like hedge fund magnate Ken Griffin is throwing in the towel on his big gamble on the online broker.